What Young People Need What Young People Want

What Young People Need What Young People Want 1

Introduction 2 2 • Children today have a difficult time growing up • Drug dealers, porn salesmen, movie producers, gamblers, schools, tobacco and liquor industries work hard, spend money and do what is necessary to win the impressionable minds of our kids Training Up Our Children

Introduction 3 3 • The family and the church needs to be keenly aware of just what our children face • We must be willing to work harder than anyone else to give our children what they really need Training Up Our Children

Introduction 4 4 • This is a lesson for all Christiansparents, grandparents, Bible class teachers, preachers etc. because we can and should influence young people with whom we come in contact Training Up Our Children

Encouragement 5 5 • The late childhood and early teen years are often a discouraging time • Young people at this age tend to be hard on themselves when they make a mistake • They need to know that we care and that all of us make mistakes Training Up Our Children

Encouragement 6 6 • Is. 40: 30 -31 • Col. 3: 21 ”Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. ” • Parents & all adults don’t be too stern --overly demanding --- hard to please--this drives the child to resentment & will fill him with discouragement Training Up Our Children

Teaching 7 7 • Young people act like they know it all • Their greatest need is to learn the Bible • The things that Christian adults have known for years is still new to them Training Up Our Children

Teaching 8 8 • They want to know what Christ expects of them--how they should act • They want to know how they can be free from the guilt of sin • Psalms 119: 9 -11 • Proverbs 1: 4 Training Up Our Children

An Example To Follow 9 9 • Our lives are a better teacher than our lips • Teens need a role model = a person whose example is one that pleases God and one that young people should follow Training Up Our Children

An Example To Follow 10 10 • Proverbs 23: 26 • Mt. 19: 16, 20 -21 • Jesus taught a lesson on priorities and showed by His own life how it applied • Lk. 2: 49 • Jn. 9: 4 Training Up Our Children

Correction 11 11 • Discipline and correction are important to young people • They want to be corrected • They need guidelines • They must learn the difference between right and wrong--between good and bad Training Up Our Children

Correction 12 12 • Children will test us here-- but we must remain steadfast in discipline • Proverbs 23: 13 -14 • Physical chastening can actually deliver a child from premature death ---a death which might result from a rebellious life Training Up Our Children

Correction 13 13 • Proverbs 22: 15 • Children are not mature morally, spiritually or physically • Physical maturity comes with age, diet and exercise Training Up Our Children

Correction 14 14 • Spiritual maturity = the ability to know right from wrong comes with the development of the mind—at this point one is “accountable” • There is also spiritual growth one enjoys as a Christian Training Up Our Children

Correction 15 15 • In the immaturity of youth there is the time of foolish behavior, conduct that can be dangerous physically and morally • Sometimes the rod of correction is required Training Up Our Children

Correction • • • 16 16 Rod of correction Two types of discipline: 1. One is instructive 2. The other is corrective Corrective discipline should help the child to see the harm that certain behavior can lead to Training Up Our Children

Correction 17 17 • Proverbs 13: 24 • If we love our children we will administer instructive and corrective discipline as required • “Spare the rod and spoil the child” • Children should be corrected and disciplined as soon as the offense happens Training Up Our Children

Conclusion 18 18 • We must require our children to do what we tell them to do—but we must not be so strict that no one could live up to our expectations Training Up Our Children

Conclusion 19 19 • We can all encourage, teach, be a good example and offer instructive discipline • The corrective discipline will come primarily from the parent Training Up Our Children